Long awaited spring has arrived, and many home owners in Toronto get their annual house cleaning frenzy. Is it strong inner desire to improve the appearance of our home that recurs every spring in many forms? Frugal homeowners try to handle many jobs as their do-it-yourself projects, providing they have the time, skills and tools. Many home remodeling jobs can be carried out year-round, but there are the landscaping projects that become particularly urgent early in the spring. With warmer temperature, when we step out of the house, our backyards and front yards become a center of our attention We need to see those landscaping project done as early as it is possible and enjoy them the rest of the year. Later in the year, our attention turns to other remodeling projects in our houses, bathrooms, kitchens etc. With landscaping projects on our mind, we should remind ourselves some common-sense principles that should apply to our landscaping projects in Toronto.